Sebastian de Poitiers

Sebastian de Poitiers (1540-1561) was Master of Horse and Hunt of France and the illegitimate son of King Henry II of France.

Biography
Sebastian de Poitiers was the illegitimate son of King Henry II of France and his mistress Diane de Poitiers, and he was raised at the French court with his younger half-brother Francis and Francis' fiancee Mary, Queen of Scots. He became known as a flirtatious womanizer at court, even flirting with Mary and becoming jealous of his brother, having been briefly engaged to Mary for a few months. However, he later contented himself with his marriage to Mary's lady-in-waiting Lady Kenna, and he was made a Baron, while he refused the title of Duke so that he could stay at the French court in Paris.